MEANING & CONTEXT
What does Gorakh mean?
Gorakh is the vernacular form of Goraksha, whose word family concerns protecting cattle. It is familiar through the yogic figure Gorakhnath, giving the personal name a specific ascetic tradition.
Spellings in Indian scripts
Devanagari
गोरख
Conventional spelling
HISTORICAL VOTER RECORDS
Gorakh in Indian usage
28,972 historical electoral-roll records, chiefly adults, rather than current baby-name rankings.
Mostly recorded for boys (98.1%) in these historical records.
- Recorded as female: 564 records (1.9%).
- Recorded as male: 28,408 records (98.1%).
By birth decade
| Birth decade | Records |
|---|---|
| 1930s | 811 |
| 1940s | 2,298 |
| 1950s | 4,332 |
| 1960s | 6,292 |
| 1970s | 6,453 |
| 1980s | 5,511 |
| 1990s | 3,133 |
| Other decades | 142 |
By state or territory
| State / territory | Records |
|---|---|
| Bihar | 14,172 |
| Uttar Pradesh | 11,248 |
| Jharkhand | 972 |
| Maharashtra | 666 |
| Himachal Pradesh | 577 |
| Punjab | 389 |
| Rajasthan | 346 |
| Madhya Pradesh | 274 |
| Haryana | 181 |
| Other states | 147 |
How to read these numbers
Small counts and a second count where needed are withheld for privacy; an omitted value is not zero. Coverage, dates and suppression.
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Sources
- Historical Indian voter-record totals, v3 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Historical usage; CC0 1.0; birth years 1910–2001
- Monier-Williams, gorakṣa, p. 366,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
- Monier-Williams, gorakṣ, p. 366,2 ↗ (opens in a new tab)
Adapted dictionary text: CC BY-SA 4.0.